M146 Alterations to 3 Montgomerie Crescent

The client Robert M. Mann is
first listed at 3 Montgomerie Crescent in the 1897–8 Glasgow Post
Office Directory, having previously been at 5 Linwood Terrace in Glasgow
Street, Hillhead. Montgomerie Crescent, in the considerably grander residential
suburb of Kelvinside, was designed in 1876 by John Burnet. The work carried out
for Mann by John Honeyman & Keppie must have been to customise the house for its new
occupants. None of their drawings appear to survive, and it is not clear from
the job-book entry exactly what they did. The trades involved suggest this was
a scheme of interior refurbishment or remodelling rather than an architectural
project: the main contractors were the joiners Hutcheson & Grant and painters C. T. Bowie, Fisher & Co.
Significant sums were also paid for parquet flooring and electric wiring, and
for work by plumbers and gasfitters Archibald Watson & Co.

Authorship: This is one of over 270 jobs carried out in the office of John
Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901) during
Mackintosh's time there. Mackintosh undoubtedly worked on many of these, but
there is no specific evidence for his involvement in this case.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.